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Apr192010

Craft Night

DateMonday, April 19, 2010 at 9:59AM

During our last craft night at the Tea Room, I was asked why I decided to organize a craft circle at our store. My quick response was, "Crafting has become so popular again, and I love to make things! And I thought our cozy Tea Room would be a lovely place to sit in a comfy chair and knit with other people who like crafting, too." Although true, I left feeling that my response was inadequate somehow. With two children, I have very little time for myself during the day. Luckily, bedtime for the kids is 7 p.m. After that, if I don't have household tasks to finish, the time can be for me. And during the past year, I've reawakened my love of making things with my hands. Some fabric, needle, and thread - and quiet - and I'm content to craft something. Most of all, I love to make things for my family to use - a shower curtain out of a vintage sheet, a quilt out of old drapes, a bag from leftover fabric from my stash. Often, my little boy will request something with great enthusiasm, "Mama! Knit me a blue horsey!" Or my daughter will need help making her own lunch bag. There are always many things to make, and I love it. It's satisfying on some level that running to the store - even if it's a resale shop - can't fulfill. It also involves remembering my mother and grandmothers and how they could make anything, how they could knit and crochet and embroider and quilt with such skill. Nowadays, we're lucky if we can master one craft. This making things with one's hands, without a sewing machine, calls forth the long line of women who made things for their families because they wanted to, and also because they had to. This making things with one's hands is reskilling at its most basic. And these items are full of our energy, surrounding our loved ones with the warmth and love with which they were made. Why a crafting circle at Crazy Wisdom? For me, it's hard enough to EVER get out of the house without my children. But when I look around the circle of women who come once per month - some regulars and some new each time - it's so gratifying to be part of it.  ~Sarah Newland, senior staff member

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